Category: Special programming
Fake Trailers Reel Festival round III
NEVER COMING TO A THEATRE NEAR YOU! Mayfair Theatre presents The FAKE TRAILERS/REEL FESTIVAL An evening of real trailers — for fake movies! Plus, ultra-rare trailers for real cult movies presented on 35mm! In the tradition of Robert Rodriguez’s and Quentin Tarantino’s Grindhouse, the Mayfair presents the
Fake trailers/real call for submissions!
FAKE TRAILERS/REAL FILM FESTIVAL! Friday June 24 at 9:30pm The Mayfair challenges you to produce and submit a fake movie trailer for a non existent film, 2 to 3 minutes in length! The trailer cannot be for a pre-existing film or for a film that the filmmaker
Four-Wheeled Furies national debut live telecast!
Four-Wheeled Furies, a documentary about Ottawa’s own Rideau Valley Roller Girls, makes its national television debut on Saturday March 30th at noon. You can join me, the rest of the crew, and a bunch of derby girls at the Mayfair for the event and watch the live telecast
Friday April 1 – Thursday April 7!
Friday April 1 – Thursday April 7! -Bloodthirsty- Ottawa Premiere! Director Amelia Moses and star Lauren Beatty will be in attendance on opening night to introduce the movie, and for a Q&A afterwards! -Studio 666- “always constant fun” (Consequence) “a cross between This Is Spinal Tap and The Texas
Friday April 10th – Thursday April 16th!
Wild Tales returns for a 2nd week, Timbuktu, The Duke Of Burgundy, and a one-night-only screening of Vampyros Lesbos! Plus, the Ottawa Premiere of The Voices! And, The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water returns for a 2nd family matinee weekend!
Friday April 11 – Thursday April 17!
-The Penguin Lessons- 2nd Week! – “delightful true story” (TIFF) “hyper-funny, sensitive, and nuanced…a delightful watch” (Collider) -The Brutalist- 4/4 Stars! (Chicago Daily Herald) Academy Awards: Best Actor, Cinematography, Score award winner! -The Elephant Man- David Lynch Tribute Film Festival! 5 Stars (Film Authority) – 5 Stars!
Friday April 12 – Thursday April 18!
-The Taste Of Things- 5 Stars! (Morbidly Beautiful) -The Old Oak- 5 Stars! (Arts Desk) -Dawn Of The Dead- 4/4 Stars! (Roger Ebert) -Saturday Night Sinema- Free for Members/Members Only! -Mamma Mia- A Company Of Fools Sing-A-Long! -Enter The Clones Of Bruce- “fantastic” (Cinema Crazed)
Friday April 12th – Thursday April 18th!
Gloria Bell – From the writer/director of Best Foreign Language Film Oscar winner A Fantastic Woman, starring Oscar winner Julianne Moore! Woman at War – Montreal Festival of New Cinema: Best Actress award winner, and Best Film nominee! Hamburg Film Festival: Best Feature award winner! The Beach Bum –
Friday April 13th – Thursday April 19th!
The Death of Stalin, The Leisure Seeker, 104th consecutive month of The Room, and 3 Ottawa Premieres: Mary Goes Round, A Swingers Weekend, and Love Cecil, plus special screenings of 8 Minutes Ahead, Back To The Future, and Grease!
Friday April 14 – Thursday April 20!
-Emily- 5 Stars! (The Times UK) -Women Talking- 5 Stars! (The Guardian) -Sakra- Ottawa Premiere! -A Clockwork Orange- 5 Stars! (Empire) -Breaking Boundaries: The Science Of Our Planet -Animation Show N Tell Ottawa -Saturday Night Sinema- Free for Members/Members Only!